Pet Peeves

Palmpilot said:
License plates are supposed to be informative? :confused2:
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"Informative" is fine - so long as I can't figure out what your plate is informing me of by simply looking at the badges on your car. I don't mind vanity plates at all. Don't tell me your car is ACTUALLY yours on the vanity plate. I already assume it's yours.

However, the best plate I ever saw was on a beautiful Cadillac CTS-V at a convenience store a couple of years ago; it was being driven by a black man and he had "STOLEN" as his vanity plate. I had to go up and compliment him on the car and his tag!
 
Sorta like those FL bumper stickers years ago. FLORIDA NATIVE, SEMI-NATIVE.

Well, I found one that was the same colors and format, and it said: WHO CARES

Yup even some FL natives liked it. :lol:
 
mscard88 said:
Sorta like those FL bumper stickers years ago. FLORIDA NATIVE, SEMI-NATIVE.

Well, I found one that was the same colors and format, and it said: WHO CARES
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A few years ago, it was popular to have a bumper sticker (with a background of the Rocky Mountains just like our license plates) that said "NATIVE." It wasn't long before someone was selling the same bumper sticker with the word "ALIEN."
 
For years Connecticut license M5 was in our family. My grandfather got it at the DMV window in 1921. He drove that plate around until he had to give up driving at age 96. It passed to my Dad and when he had to give it up, it passed to me. Many thought it was a Vanity Plate but it wasn't - I renewed it at the standard fee, not the vanity fee. You would be amazed (ok, maybe you wouldn't) at how often at how many Bimmers flagged me down and tried to buy the plate off me!

Finally I too moved out of state and had to relinquish it!

-Skip
 
People who say they do extra work at hourly jobs because they "need the hours".

You need the *money*, and you're *giving up hours* of your life for it.
 
People who wear white rimmed sunglasses, do they not have a mirror when they make these horrendous decisions? And no, they do not make you look hip or cool.
 
deonb said:
People who verb nouns.
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If something is so sad it tears your heart in two, you can say it's heart rending.

If something grabs you by the gut, you can say it's gut wrenching.

Heart wrenching is a clumsy mixing of those two expressions.
 
FastEddieB said:
If something is so sad it tears your heart in two, you can say it's heart rending.

If something grabs you by the gut, you can say it's gut wrenching.

Heart wrenching is a clumsy mixing of those two expressions.
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Since one can grab something without tearing it in two, it sounds to me like "heart wrenching" is just a less severe alternative. :dunno:
 
The word 'peruse.' The popular definition is the exact opposite of the actual definition. Just don't use it at all!

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Pandas that eat shoots and leaves.
 
FastEddieB said:
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But doesn't the effective use of language include conveying the message in the most expeditious manner?

The traffic reporter said "there's a disabled in the left lane."

So?

What information would have been added had he said "disabled vehicle?"

"Vehicle" was a given.

I applaud him for being concise.

Besides, our society uses "disabled" as a noun all the time. Handicapped people are frequently referred to as "the disabled"...

Language is not stagnant.

But, then again, English is my third language. Too bad I don't have a number one or two! :)
 
Calling employees "team members" or "associates" or whatever. Whom do they think they're kidding?

Calling customers "guests." If I'm a "guest" at my supermarket, where's my room and my bed?
 
Calling a bartender a "mixologist."

Ugh, my skin was crawling just typing that. :eek:
 
I heard on the radio about the "homeless" used to be called "bums or hobos" before the United States got all PC. When they figure out that "homeless" is offensive they'll be called outdoorsmen or outdoor collection agents.
 
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